Whales At Work

I have an amazing job that just gets better and better every single day I go there.

Yesterday after the boat off loaded the Mate radioed that there was a whale outside. 

I RAN onto the boat and THERE IT WAS. It was amazing to see. He put his head down and flapped his tail a bunch. WOW!!

One of the crew got video but I can't figure out how to share it here.  

I've been waiting 8 years to see something like this and this guy didn't disappoint.

Later, I saw a Harbor Seal between the slips. 

We also had a gorgeous double rainbow

and a huge thunderstorm.

All in all, it was one of my favorite days at work, ever in my life.

Waiting

I've been waiting all day for a reply & none is coming. They do this all the time, then say their phone was dead. Tired of it.

Ripping & Tilling

The arena was ripped 4-6 inches deep today

The footing is all clay so it came up in big hard chunks

After a few hours of circles, it looked like this

Then the helper came & the rototiller was attached

It took a few runs each direction to get it good

Looking better already

But its just going to compact again so Builders Sand will be added and mixed in. After its compacted, more sand will be added on top and I HOPE to add 1 inch rubber crumble to the sandy top for better footing.

This morning we turned the big horses on the front pasture 24/7 while the back pasture is sprayed for weeds. All of them napped together.

First Wifi stood guard.

Then she laid down beside Joey for a while

And Mack had a good snooze

I signed up for the FINAL SEASON of Tribabes and last Saturday was the first BRick; 5 miles bike/1 mile run. I took my mountain bike because my shoulders/back/neck were very sore with a big lump in my muscles. 

I guess I'm going to need to spend time each day running or riding. I'm not thrilled about the swimming, my wetsuit fits someone that's 20 lbs lighter than I am now.